Hughie Gavin is an Emmy-nominated composer, arranger, producer and musical director based in Margate. His work has included global campaigns for WWF and Audi, commissions for the 2019 Turner Prize as well as multiple choral collaborations including HBO’s True Detective: Night Country, BBC’s Silent Witness, and with Universal Records, Ninja Tune, City Slang, Sub Pop and Moshi Moshi Records. From the Institute Studios in Margate, he leads both a contemporary vocal ensemble, the Institute Collective, and The Social Singing Choir.

In 2023, Hughie reinterpreted Billie Eilish and Finneas’s When The Party’s Over for the WWF campaign Up In Smoke, a film that urgently addresses the global climate change crisis driven by fossil fuel emissions. The campaign won two Golden Arrows at The British Arrows Awards and Hughie received a nomination for Best Re-Record or Adaptation in Online, Social and Digital Advertising at the 2024 Music+Sound awards. Hughie was also the musical director on the 2019 Christmas advertising campaign for very.com

Hughie collaborated with composer Vince Pope on the music for HBO’s True Detective: Night Country, creating an ethereal and atmospheric score that perfectly captured the show’s haunting Alaskan setting. Their collaboration on the song No Use was nominated for an Emmy.